Appointed as chief of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) was Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Sanad, erstwhile president of Madinah Islamic University.

Adil Turaifi was named minister of information, Saleh Al-Shaikh is the new minister of Islamic Affairs, Abdul Latif Al-Shaikh was made minister of municipal and rural affairs, and Mansour bin Mit’eb is the new state minister.

Dr. Azzam Al-Dakhil was named minister of the merged education and higher education ministries, now to be known as Education Ministry.

Mohammed Abdullah Al-Jadaan is the new Capital Market Authority (CMA) chief and Khaled Al-Mohaisen is new chief of the anti-corruption watchdog Nazaha.

Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman was named deputy oil minister.

Named IT minister was Mohammed Al-Suwaiyyel, current chief of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST).